Fountain-brush



l. LUKASZEWSK.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

APPLIcAnoN FILED FEB. la. 1920.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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atto/mag UNITED STATES JOHN LUKASZEWSKI. OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Application led February 18. 1920.

To HN win/m *if muy ramera:

ie it known that l` Joux liiuasmawsni. a Citizen of the Vnited States ofmeriea, residing at (`liieago. in the eounty of Cook and State ofHlinois, have invented eertain new and useful Improvements inFountainllrushes, of whieh the following is a speeifiration.

This invention relates to eertain new and useful improvements infountain brushes and has for its primaryv objeet the provision of' abulbous handle portion for a brush that is adapted to ront-ain tht`water or liquid soap that may be delivered to the bristles of the brushwhen the deviee is held in an upright position with the bristlesdownwardly directed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fountain brushespecially designed for shaving purposes wherein there is provided abulbous handle portion for containing fluid to be delivered to the brushbristles and with supporting feet inelosing the brush handle andconstituting a support to hold the brush in upright position whenteniporarily out of use to prevent the flow of fluid to the brushbristles.

'ith the above general objeets in view and others that will bef-orneapparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameeonsists in the novel form` combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully deseribed in eonnertion with the aeroinpanyingdraving.

ln the drawing wherein like reference eharaeters designate eorrespondingparts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fountain shaving brush constructedin accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical eross sectional view of the same, and

Fig. Il is a fragmentary sectional view of a modified l'orm of theinvention showing a manually operated screw plug controllingeommunieation between the bulbous handle portion and the brush bristles.

teferring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is providedas shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a shaving brush embodying a back 4 having anannular ehannel 5 formed in the outer end thereof for the reception otthe brush bristles 6 which are secured therein in any referred manner.The brush baek 4 is provided with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Auw. 1U. 1920.

seran No. 359,512. i

an inner rhaniber 7 opening at its inner end at the edge o'l' said barkand being internall)Y threaded for the reception oi' the thilnble Hhaving an inwardly direi-ted eoneshaped llange 5l upon its inner endwith an opening lll at the apex thereof as shown in Fig. 2. bulboushandle l1 has the open end thereof frietionall)7 reeeived within thethilnble H for engagement with the adjacent fare of the roue-shapedflange 9.

Supporting legs inelose a bulbous handle 11 and enibod)7 a plurality ofwire members 12 bent at their inner ends as at 125 to provide supportingfeet as illustrated while the outer ends thereotl are suitably seruredas at 11V in the inner fare oi' the brush baek 4 so that the brush niavbe set in an upright position when the bulhous handle 11 is filled withfluid to prevent the passage of the fluid to the brush bristles 6. Asshown in Fig. 2 the wall 15 elosing the outer end of the chamber 7 andsurrounded by the bristles 6 is provided with a plurality ofperforations 1G to permit the passage of fluid from the brush handle tothe bristles. lVith a deviee of this charaeter. the moisture of thebristles G is easily under control of the user as it is only neeessaryto squeeze the bulbous handle 11 and fort-e the fluid eontents thereofthrough the flange opening 10 and through the openings 1G to thebristles of the brush. thereby eontrolling the amount of moisture in thebrush bristles. During the operation of shaving. the brush may betemporarily set aside when out of use upon the supporting feet 13 whiehwill hold the brush in the upright position illustrated and prevent theHow of Huid contained in the brush handle to the bristles.

A modified form of the invention is shown in Fig. 3 wherein the, brushback 4 has an annular ehannel 5' at its outer end for the reception ofthe brush bristles G and is provided with an internallyT threaded axialbore 17 for the threaded reception of a thimble 18 extending from oneend of the bore to the other end thereof and having a spared parallelinwardly direrted and internally threaded annular flange 19 extendingfrom the outer end thereof and between which flange and thimhle theouter open end oi the bulbous handle 11 is seeured. A screw plug 2() isthreaded into the outer end of the threaded flange 19 and provides aclosure to prevent the passage of fluid from the bulbous handle 1l tothe brush bristles (i. \\'hen it is desired to use the brush disclosedin Fig. il, the hnndle 11 is rotated to remove the thinible 18 from thebrush bark 4 so :is to present the screw plug 20 for removal thereof,IAfter which the thimble and hnndle :ire repluced in the brush beck undthe device then operates in :i manner :is desrribed in ronneetion withFig. 2.

"hile there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments ofthe present invention, it is to be understood that minor changes muy bemede therein without depui-tinter from the spirit :ind scope of theinvention :is claimed.

W'hut is Claimed as new is l. A fountnin brush of the type describedeoniprising u buck, bristles secured to the outer end thereof, said backhaving a paseuge Communicating with Suid bristles, a bulbous handledetachably ronneeted to the inner end of said beek, und :supporting legsfor holding the brush in upright position earried by the beek.

2. A fountain brush of the class described cornprisirng1r a back,bristles fixed to the outer end of the back, said back having an innerchamber :ind ii passage extending from the chamber to the bristles, athimble threaded into said chamber, an inwardly directed cone-shapedflange carried by said thimble, and a bulbous handle carried by Suidthimble.

In testimony whereof I aiiiix my signature.

JOHN LUKASZEWSKI.

